Salman Rushdie and Indian Historiography [electronic resource] : Writing the Nation into Being /
Thiara, Nicole Weickgenannt.author.
Paying particular attention to the representation of women and to gendered notions of the nation, this book examines for the first time the marked parallels between Rushdie's critique of the Nehruvian legacy and the most significant recent trends in Indian historiography, especially the feminist and subalternist movements.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 A Biography of the Nation; 2 Wives, Widows, and Witches; 3 The New God-and-Mammon India; 4 Mother India; 5 The Idea of a Hybrid India; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index.
Paying particular attention to the representation of women and to gendered notions of the nation, this book examines for the first time the marked parallels between Rushdie's critique of the Nehruvian legacy and the most significant recent trends in Indian historiography, especially the feminist and subalternist movements.
Rushdie, Salman
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964
Literature   .
Asia-History.
Fiction.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Oriental literature.
Historiography.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
Asian History.
Fiction.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Asian Literature.
Historiography and Method.